# Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Friday, February 13 and Saturday, February 14, 1953, with a magnitude of 0.7596. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of East Asia, Northeast Asia, and Alaska.

## Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
February 14, 1953 Solar Eclipse Times :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1953 February 13 at 23:12:27.3 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1953 February 14 at 00:59:29.8 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1953 February 14 at 01:10:45.7 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1953 February 14 at 01:54:08.7 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1953 February 14 at 02:46:08.9 UTC |
February 14, 1953 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.75964 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.70380 |
| Gamma | 1.13308 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 21h49m19.4s |
| Sun Declination | -13°10'35.4" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'11.6" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 21h47m19.1s |
| Moon Declination | -12°07'43.4" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'43.4" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'22.7" |
| ΔT | 30.4 s |

## Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
Eclipse season of January–February 1953 :
| January 29 Descending node (full moon) | February 14 Ascending node (new moon) |
| Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 123 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 149 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 1953

* A total lunar eclipse on January 29.
* A partial solar eclipse on February 14.
* A partial solar eclipse on July 11.
* A total lunar eclipse on July 26.
* A partial solar eclipse on August 9.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 1944
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 19, 1962

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964

### Solar Saros 149

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971

### Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982

### Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 15, 1866
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 15, 2039

### Solar eclipses of 1950–1953

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
The partial solar eclipse on July 11, 1953 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1950 to 1953 :
| Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node | Descending node |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 119 | March 18, 1950 Annular (non-central) | 0.9988 | 124 | September 12, 1950 Total | 0.8903 |
| 129 | March 7, 1951 Annular | −0.242 | 134 | September 1, 1951 Annular | 0.1557 |
| 139 | February 25, 1952 Total | 0.4697 | 144 | August 20, 1952 Annular | −0.6102 |
| 149 | February 14, 1953 Partial | 1.1331 | 154 | August 9, 1953 Partial | −1.344 |

### Saros 149

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 149, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 1664. It contains total eclipses from April 9, 2043 through October 2, 2331; hybrid eclipses from October 13, 2349 through November 3, 2385; and annular eclipses from November 15, 2403 through July 13, 2800. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 28, 2926. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 31 at 4 minutes, 10 seconds on July 17, 2205, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 62 at 5 minutes, 6 seconds on June 21, 2764. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.
Series members 9–30 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 9 | 10 | 11 |
| November 18, 1808 | November 29, 1826 | December 9, 1844 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 |
| December 21, 1862 | December 31, 1880 | January 11, 1899 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 |
| January 23, 1917 | February 3, 1935 | February 14, 1953 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 |
| February 25, 1971 | March 7, 1989 | March 19, 2007 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
| March 29, 2025 | April 9, 2043 | April 20, 2061 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 |
| May 1, 2079 | May 11, 2097 | May 24, 2115 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 |
| June 3, 2133 | June 14, 2151 | June 25, 2169 |
| 30 |
| July 6, 2187 |

### Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
22 eclipse events between December 2, 1880 and July 9, 1964 :
| December 2–3 | September 20–21 | July 9–10 | April 26–28 | February 13–14 |
| 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
| December 2, 1880 | | July 9, 1888 | April 26, 1892 | February 13, 1896 |
| 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
| December 3, 1899 | September 21, 1903 | July 10, 1907 | April 28, 1911 | February 14, 1915 |
| 131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
| December 3, 1918 | September 21, 1922 | July 9, 1926 | April 28, 1930 | February 14, 1934 |
| 141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
| December 2, 1937 | September 21, 1941 | July 9, 1945 | April 28, 1949 | February 14, 1953 |
| 151 | 153 | 155 |
| December 2, 1956 | September 20, 1960 | July 9, 1964 |

### Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
The partial solar eclipse on November 4, 2116 (part of Saros 164) is also a part of this series but is not included in the table below.
Series members between 1801 and 2029 :
| March 24, 1811 (Saros 136) | February 21, 1822 (Saros 137) | January 20, 1833 (Saros 138) | December 21, 1843 (Saros 139) | November 20, 1854 (Saros 140) |
| October 19, 1865 (Saros 141) | September 17, 1876 (Saros 142) | August 19, 1887 (Saros 143) | July 18, 1898 (Saros 144) | June 17, 1909 (Saros 145) |
| May 18, 1920 (Saros 146) | April 18, 1931 (Saros 147) | March 16, 1942 (Saros 148) | February 14, 1953 (Saros 149) | January 14, 1964 (Saros 150) |
| December 13, 1974 (Saros 151) | November 12, 1985 (Saros 152) | October 12, 1996 (Saros 153) | September 11, 2007 (Saros 154) | August 11, 2018 (Saros 155) |
| July 11, 2029 (Saros 156) |

### Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| May 25, 1808 (Saros 144) | May 4, 1837 (Saros 145) | April 15, 1866 (Saros 146) |
| March 26, 1895 (Saros 147) | March 5, 1924 (Saros 148) | February 14, 1953 (Saros 149) |
| January 24, 1982 (Saros 150) | January 4, 2011 (Saros 151) | December 15, 2039 (Saros 152) |
| November 24, 2068 (Saros 153) | November 4, 2097 (Saros 154) | October 16, 2126 (Saros 155) |
| September 26, 2155 (Saros 156) | September 4, 2184 (Saros 157) | |